Hidan no Aria (Aria the Scarlet Ammo)

Remade this topic, as it seems last one was caught in the Fakku server tsunami last month.

Summary (ANN): The story takes place in Tokyo Butei High School, a special school where armed detectives — "Butei" — are trained to use weapons. Kinji Tooyama is a second-year-student who has a special ability, but he keeps it a secret to maintain an ordinary, peaceful life. However, when he gets caught in a bombing on the way to school, he encounters H. Aria Kanzaki, the most powerful S-Rank Butei student in Assault Studies.

The main character is voiced by Rie Kugimiya, the Queen of Tsundere, who also voiced Nagi (Hayate the Combat Butler), Louise (The Familiar of Zero), and Taiga (Toradora!).

A link to the official anime website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/aria/.

According to the website, the first episode will be screened on 14 Apr 2011. I believe this might have something to do with the disaster which occurred in Japan recently. Talking about it makes me feel a little depressed.

Given my lack of time, I am unsure if I will be able to catch Aria, but if there is a right balance of action and comedy, this title could possibly enter my list of "To Watch".

While the setting could possibly be interesting, the build up from the first episode didn't leave me with any desire to see the next; this is most likely because I swear I've seen Rie in this scenario at least five times. I come to ask myself the question: where's the innovation? After a while, it starts to grate on my nerves. Not a good first impression. Though, admittedly, Aria can be adorable at times.

So, yeah. Tsundere loli with guns. Who knows martial arts. And has katanas hidden behind her back that Kinji apparently didn't notice even though he was right up against Aria's body with her shirt raised. Apparently quite a few more ditzy-ish girls than usual in this show. And robotic gun-weilding Segways.

Like others here, I've been hearing a bit too much Rie Kugimiya recently. Maybe it's because I just watched some Zero and Shana. And Lotte. And Hayate. And Toradora... >_> Ok, I've been watching a lot of shows with tsundere lolis.

I'd would still like to have some variation in my tsundere loli voices sometimes...

Still, this series could be interesting if it doesn't get too cliched...

While the setting could possibly be interesting, the build up from the first episode didn't leave me with any desire to see the next; this is most likely because I swear I've seen Rie in this scenario at least five times. I come to ask myself the question: where's the innovation? After a while, it starts to grate on my nerves. Not a good first impression. Though, admittedly, Aria can be adorable at times.

Spoiler:

I agree with you on Aria, but I still found this episode to be quite better than expected due to how much I liked Kinji and his alter, badass persona. I definitely want to see more of him protecting his "princess."

Also, I can already tell that I'm going to love Riko. I don't mind Rie so much, (but that's probably because I haven't watched Shana, haven't finished Toradora or Zero), but I'll primarily be watching for the rest of the cast. Also, I'm a sucker for fang girls, so I also agree with you that she can be cute as times.

Well needless to say I loved the first episode, being a fan of the manga I was happy with this initial episode, all the elements are there to make this an anime I'll really enjoy, and since I said this somewhere else I'll post it here too.

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Manga is quite good imo, actually between the two shows featuring Rie; Aria and Astarotte's Toy, I first stated that Astarotte would be the more popular of the two, however after seeing the first episode of both, Aria has done a much better job at setup and execution, also the OP and ED for Aria were much better imo. Though Astarotte still has more to explain and hopefully more fanservice to give my initial statement could still end up being true.

Hard for me to decide my favorite of the girls, of course Aria is just an adorable loli tsundere that I should be drooling over and creating a shrine to, there are other girls here that caught my eye. Shirayuki in the anime version is just so full of win, while in the manga I loved Riko and I am also happy seeing her anime version, considering what happens in later chapters of the manga, if the anime follows them I will still be liking Riko.

Finally got around to looking at it and not bad for the first episode. The Queen of Tsun: Kugiyama makes for a good Aria. Shirayuki is so cute and adorable can't wait to see her in action later on. I haven't read the manga or light novel, so I'll be sticking with this one.

Note: For some reason the main character male friend reminds me of Yamamoto from Katekyō Hitman Reborn.

Apparently quite a few more ditzy-ish girls than usual in this show. And robotic gun-weilding Segways.

[spoil]I had a good chuckle from the Segways. Killer, remote-controlled Segways? I never would've expected that. I don't think the first girl is ditzy, rather she comes off as a servant to the family or that she was wooed by the protag's alter ego.

I don't like Kugimiya here either, but it's hard to resist Zombie-Ayumu's voice.